title: Toward a treatment-relevant typology of child abuse families.
abstract: Six types of physical maltreatment of children emerged during a 12-year period of a specialized physical abuse protective services program in Dallas, Texas. Criteria for identification of each type and recommendations for case management and treatment are presented in this paper. The typology is a broad framework; overlapping may occur in some instances. It is used as a means of differentiating between milder and more severe forms of physical child abuse.
authors.affiliation: Child Protective Services, Texas Department of Human Services, Arlington.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bowdry
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards; D009626:Terminology as Topic